Repository Management with Nexus
6.8. Managing Privileges

Nexus has three types of privileges: application privileges which cover actions a user can execute in Nexus, repository target privileges which govern the level of access a user has to a particular repository or repository target, and repository view privileges which control whether a user can view a repository. Behind the scenes, a privilege is related to a single REST operation and method like create, update, delete, read.

Figure 6.29. Managing Security Privileges

To create a new privilege, click on the Add… button in the Privileges panel and choose Repository Target privilege. Creating a privilege will load the New Repository Target Privilege form shown in Figure 6.30, “Managing Security Privileges”. This form takes a privilege name, a privilege description, the repository to target, and a repository target.

Figure 6.30. Managing Security Privileges

Once you create a new privilege, it will create four underlying privileges: create, delete, read, and update. The four privileges created by the form in Figure 6.30, “Managing Security Privileges” are shown in Figure 6.31, “Create, Delete, Read, and Update Privileges Created”.

Figure 6.31. Create, Delete, Read, and Update Privileges Created